In a bid to support the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, Ninkawa Transport has donated 50 thousand Kwacha cash and cloth to Blantyre Press Club, a media organization for journalists in the southern Region.
The donation is part of the media club’s campaign to support the fight against Covid19 by soliciting help from various stakeholders to donate to the needy.
Ninkawa Transport, Health Safety and Environmental Manager Isaac Dzinza told the media that the donation from the company is part of their role in supporting the fight against the spread of Covid19.
“Apart from our annual CSR program, as a company we also found it very necessary and important that we help the rural communities in fighting this pandemic”said Dzinza.
In her remarks, upon receiving the donation, Blantyre Press Club Secretary General, Esther Nyanja commended Ninkawa Transport for a timely donation.
“We want to support government in ensuring the spread of Coronavirus is minimized and we commend Ninkawa Transport for this gesture donation”. said Nyanja.
The club has since called on the corporate world to assist it with Personal Protective Equipment-PPEs to support it’s initiative of distributing the same in different areas of the country.
On Saturday, 15 August 2020 the club will reach out to over 300 households in Chiradzulu district with PPEs collected from various companies in the commercial city of Blantyre.